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MASCOTS
IN THE NEWS
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| Bucky
Inducted into the Mascot Hall of Fame. Click
Here. |
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| Bucky
National Tryout Video. Click
Here. |
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| Bucky
Nationals Competition - type in Wisconsin in search and
Mascot show is the 5th one down. Click
Here. |
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| View
latest Bucky Badger related videos on YouTube. Click
Here |
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| Read
the Fox Sports article College Football's Top 25 Mascots.
Click
Here |
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| August
1988 -- Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda exchanges
fisticuffs with the Philly Phanatic after the mascot does
a routine using a doll of Lasorda as a punching bag. |
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| September
1989 -- Miami's Sebastian the Ibis leads the Hurricanes
onto the field for their annual clash with Florida State
carrying a fire extinguisher -- intending to douse the
Seminoles' famous flaming spear. Five police officers
surround the mascot, slam him against a wall and empty
his extinguisher. |
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| January
1991 -- The world famous San Diego Chicken grabs a Chicago
Bulls cheerleader, dances with her and rolls her on the
floor. She later sues and is awarded $317,000 in damages.
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| October
1992 -- A fight between mascots breaks out during Northeast
Louisiana's homecoming game against Northwestern State,
with Northwestern's Vic the Demon landing a series of
haymakers after Chief Brave Spirit rips off his head.
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| April
1994 -- Arizona's Wilbur Wildcat blows out his knee tackling
Arkansas' Razorbacks from behind during a Final Four game.
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| May
1994 -- At the opening of a paint store, Charles Donoghue
suffers back injuries from being hugged too hard by the
Philly Phanatic. He later sues and is awarded $2.5 million.
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| August
1994 -- Colorado Rockies radio announcer Jeff Kingery
shoves and curses Dinger the Dinosaur after the team mascot
falls down a step and bumps into the broadcaster during
game action. |
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| October
1994 -- At an exhibition game in Puerto Rico, the Miami
Heat's Burnie pulls a female spectator onto the court
by her legs. The woman, Wife of a local Supreme Court
justice, is not amused. Burnie is convicted of aggravated
assault and later sued for $1 million. |
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| February
1995 -- Don Jackson, coach of the International Hockey
League's Cincinnati Cyclones, is suspended 10 games and
fined $1,000 for climbing over the glass and attacking
Atlanta Knights mascot Sir Slapshot, who had hit the glass
while Jackson was leaning on it. |
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| February
1995 -- During an ESPN-televised timeout, the Stanford
Tree and Cal's Oski engage in a legendary wrestling match
after Oski apparently taunts the Stanford student section.
The two have to be separated by police, but no charges
are filed. |
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| April
1995 -- In what will become a running feud over the years,
Denver Nuggets mascot Rocky the Mountain Lion challenges
the Phoenix Suns' Charles Barkley to a friendly boxing
match -- only to get clocked in the face. |
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| October
1995 -- In separate incidents less than a week apart,
Seattle's Mariner Moose roller blades into an outfield
wall, breaking his ankle, and the Cleveland Indians' Slider
falls six feet off an outfield wall, tearing his knee
ligament. |
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| October
1995 -- Cal offensive tackle Tarik Glenn slugs Benny Beaver
on His way into the locker room after the Oregon mascot
-- a 5-foot-9, 135-pound woman -- taps the 6-6, 330-pounder
on the shoulder with an inflatable hammer. Later that
season, Arizona's 6-5, 305-pound Frank Middleton punches
Benny in the head. |
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| October
1995 -- The Anaheim Mighty Ducks' Wild Wing performs a
stunt in which he he jumps a "wall of fire"
... but doesn't make it all the way over and is set aflame.
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| October
1995 -- Maine mascot Bananas is slugged in the head and
stomach by a player ... from his own team. |
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| November
1996 -- Wisconsin mascot Bucky the Badger is arrested
and issued a $141.50 ticket for crowd surfing in the student
section. When asked by the booking officer to spell his
name, the student begins by saying, "Badger. B-A-D-G
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| May
1997 -- During Game 5 of a first-round NBA playoff series,
NBA Hall of Famer Dolph Schayes, 69, takes offense to
the Miami Heat's Burnie spraying him and the rest of the
Orlando Magic's cheering section with a water gun. He
clocks the mascot with a right hook. |
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| September
1997 -- While waiting inside a zamboni machine as part
of an unveiling ceremony before the Carolina Hurricanes'
first preseason game, the person playing the mascot Stormy
has a major anxiety attack, never comes out and is taken
to the hospital. |
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| May
1999 -- The Baltimore Orioles' mascot falls 15 feet and
breaks his left ankle after a Philadelphia electrician
shoves him off the right-field wall at Camden Yards. The
mascot sues and wins $59,000 in damages. |
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| July
2000 -- Florida's Billy the Marlin accidentally hits an
elderly man in the eye with a tightly wadded T-shirt launched
out of a pressurized gun, temporarily knocking him unconscious.
The man later files suit but it is unsuccessful. |
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| January
2001 -- The Miami Hurricanes suffer a 15-yard penalty
during their Sugar Bowl game against Florida when Sebastian
the Ibis runs onto the field and taunts the Gators after
a Miami touchdown. |
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| January
2003 -- Edmonton Oilers coach Craig MacTavish, fed up
with Calgary mascot Harvey the Hound dangling over his
team's bench, rips the dog's fabric tongue out of his
mouth and tosses it into the stands. |
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| March
2003 -- A scuffle ensues between the Oregon Duck and Utah's
Swoop during halftime of a first- round NCAA tournament
game when Swoop accidentally rips off the Oregon mascot's
head. The two are sent to a room beneath the stands to
make peace, later hugging center court to a standing ovation.
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| July
2003 -- Pittsburgh Pirates player Randall Simon is arrested
and fined $432 for nailing the Italian Sausage with a
bat during the Milwaukee Brewers' human sausage race,
knocking the woman in the costume to the ground. |
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| Fall
2003 -- Bucky Badger gets attacked by a MSU Cheerleader
(VIDEO)
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